The 2022–23 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Todd Golden, and played their home games at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 9–9 in SEC Play to finish in eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost in the second round to Mississippi State. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to UCF 67–49 in the first round.

Previous season The Gators finished the 2021–22 season 20–14, 9–9 in SEC Play to finish a five-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 9 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost in the second round to Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Iona in the first round before losing to Xavier.

On March 13, 2022, head coach Mike White left the school to take the head coaching position at Georgia. On March 18, the school named San Francisco head coach Todd Golden the team's new head coach.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Anthony Duruji 4 F 6'7" 209 RS Senior Germantown, MD Graduated/went undrafted in 2022 NBA draft Elijah Kennedy 10 G 6'3" 185 Freshman Virginia Beach, VA Transferred to Texas State Keyontae Johnson 11 F 6'5" 229 Senior Norfolk, VA Graduate transferred to Kansas State Tyree Appleby 22 G 6'1" 163 RS Senior Jacksonville, AR Graduate transferred to Wake Forest Brandon McKissic 23 G 6'3" 185 GS Senior Ferguson, MO Graduated Phlandrous Fleming Jr. 24 G 6'5" 205 GS Senior Athens, GA Graduated Tuongthach Gatkek 32 F 6'9" 172 Sophomore Portland, ME Transferred to Texas State

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Trey Bonham 2 G 6'0" 170 Junior Mobile, AL VMI Alex Fudge 3 F 6'8" 185 Sophomore Jacksonville, FL LSU Will Richard 5 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Fairburn, GA Belmont Kyle Lofton 11 G 6'3" 185 GS Senior Hillside, NJ St. Bonaventure

2022 recruiting class

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=""|SEC tournament

!colspan=12 style=""|NIT tournament

Source

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings.

See also 2022–23 Florida Gators women's basketball team

References